Planting-machine.



c. B. I ATRIG PLANTING MACHINE. APPLIOA'IIIOXIILED APIL'H. 191 3.

1,105,997. Patented Aug. 4,. 1914.

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G. B. PATRIO. PLANTING momma. APPLIOATION FILED Aria. 17.1913.

1,105,997, Patented Aug.4,1914.

I To t ltllwho m it mizy icon jcqrll B t m mm- .e 3 t %fU nn e ,ln 'tK011i: have inve'il ful" .lmprovexnents l1iin 'Plantingrlflachineg;

efoliowingi-eflspemfidation, I Thisinvention relates to'improvements ini plantingmachines,- end-more apticular lyto of which the CHARLESPATRIO,

101mm; BA MQ, States, 7 'vres'iding at d tiertein newimnd useg mipr ovemen'ts upon the -nine line shown in my prior Patents No. 899,557, datedSeptem- An 0 I nore' simple mg the speed A, further six nplify -and,tion of disengaging the seedingfdevice thedriving mechanism;:

A further timpji ove' the constitution and fiction" v tain partspftheseeding .dev1es. .;1

A .f i'rther I prove refe'i-red to.

fThe inventl is it top plan being brokenorder to bettei illustrate someof, fihlfpa rts .Fig 2 is aside 'elevationio flthe sa1ne.j.- Fi -3 isn'section on the line Fig.1

Fig. .4 is a sectionio'n-the line ofiEi g 2;; Fig. 5 is avertiqalfseotion tlu-ong'h the" main 'hgp'per', auxiliary hopper, andfeed. j wheel,' the section being tg kn 'nn the iine l Fig.1; Fig. 6 1sn detail sectidnelf'vlew of gate'of. the auxiliery hop' 'ier'.goctienkfi'n portion of thqmajn; l1o1)1')e 1";uui'of portionspfthegfrontjsiippolt- Figl 4 ing frznngthe section bein'g on the line 8- 3b of Fig.1with um removed. Like parts chul uggtf-i's jof offthefseedingdevices object of the invention is;

object as he'fiiiiexiti n i [bject of 'he'v lnventi n;

A fui-ther oh jeot of theim enti n-is to m- .o nemll ,the constructionand opera; 'tionv. offseed p anting machines of the vtype on eonsists inthiconstmidtio s"v and combinations of pa rt'si hereinaftezfjdesscribednndis e In the accompanying drawings vyiew ofa nn chine.-embpdy in'gf the improvements, a portioniof jh'hpppez" away and shown"in"vs ect1on .-fm I h M sai-ewe w. r v w n -l .b i merefc :ibb'; Mignon;th gieys of alumna-state makeinore effective'the opene- 'fr'qmij H 1,spectjve sides of .the;mainhopper poiztion I t]; infinyfin-ior. patents!I le machine to wl l c hthese in di 'si hiner mnn, 10. r

h jwhe lf -ie e ently 1 f h punt-ion; gthe tendenc y 01, 1*" ztoirevolveone-faster the v to regulate the depth of lanting. The block has an'integrally ormed downwardly extending scraper 15,. for the front wheel3. As described in my former patents re ferred to, there is locatedwithin the lower portion-of the hop ver 1 a seed wheel 26,

splinedto a shaft 2 journaled in the trunnions 24 and 25 and carr ing atits outer end a beveled gear, 28; this gear and shaft- .being removablein a manner described in said former patents, and bein held in workingposition by a latch, 29, t e free end of which-fits over a reducedlaterally projecting portion 28 ofthe hub of said gear, 28'; said latchbeing pivoted to a bolt, 30, secured tothe sides of the hopper, and heldin engaging position by a spring 29.

The beveled gear 28 derives its motion from a forwardly extending shaft,31, which is driven from the front wheel 3 the rim and hub of said wheelbeing connected by a solid web portion 32 provided on one side with aseries of concentric rows of teeth 33, adapted to mesh with a shiftablepinion, 34, slidably mounted upon a squared portion of said shaft, 31,and held in different positions of adjustment by a plate 35, havingV-shaped notches; said plate being pivotally mounted in said arm 12,which'is offset at that point so as to extend about the pinion 34, and

permit the respective notches to'engage the sides of the teeth of thepinion, which teeth are formed V-shaped to conform to the shape of thenotches. The plateis held in working relation with the pinion 34 by acoilspring 36, oneend of which bears against the plate and the other endagainst the arm. The rear end of the shaft, 31, extends through abifurcated portion of the frame member 12 and is journaled in a suitablebearing, 37, at the rear end thereof (Fig. 7 and has fixed thereto abeveled pinion, 38,

meshing with the teeth of the beveled gear 28. The forward end of theshaft is journaled in a bearing formed in a collar, 39, loosely mountedupon the hub 10 of the wheel 3. In order to throw the seeding devicesout of driving relation with the driving mechanism, to permit theshifting of the pinion 34 and also when transporting the machine.

I have interposed between the collar 39 and the web of the wheel 3 a camring 40, which has a cam-face 41 adapted to cooperate with the cam-face42 on the collar 39, so as to throw said collar and-hence the shaft 31and pinion 34 laterally away from the teeth of This lateral movement isagainst the tension of a spr'ing, 43, on the opposite side of the web ofthe wheel 3,

which spring is coiled about the hub 10 and seated in a cup 44, arrangedbetween the arm 13 and the bushing 11, and provided with twooppositely-arranged pins 45 to enter avith a series ofseed cells 26.

sockets 46'projecting from the web of the 1 wheel 3, to cause the cupand spring to re I 4 1 'volve with Said wheel; Qnstruction be; 7 f

ing such that as the pinion 34 is thrown out 1 '1 of engaging positionwith the teeth 33, the f spring will be put under tension so as causethe, gears to be returned and held-ing; driving'relation with each otherwhen. the-:5. cam-ring '40 is released. The cam-ring is operatedby a rod47 pivotally connected; with a crank arm 48 thereoif'and extendingrearwardly and pivotally connected with an arm 49 pivoted on the ,bolt,30; this arm 49.. being further provided with a rod 50 whiclrfi extendsrea rw'ardlyj to within convenient reach oft-he operator. 1

9 In order to lubricate the bearin s .of, the front wheel, the collar 39is'provi ed lwi an integral conduit 51 whichcommunica with the hub 1-0and thence with the bear ingis, through one or more apertures in 'h huAs in my former Patent No. 982,089,.thgre j is provided an auxiliaryhopper, 52, fitted within the main hopper-and havin itslower end formedwith a converged tiroat and conformed to" the contour of the feed wheel26 this auxiliar hopper being removably secured within y pivotedspring-pressed 1 latches, 53, so that the auxiliary hopper: will beheldin yielding contact with the. feed wheel. The throat of the"auxiliaryhopper is extended at one sideof the feed wheel to form adischarge-opening 54 .and this opening is closed by a block 55, attachedto the end of this auxiliary hopper and extended to within closeproximity to the surface of the feed wheel, which is provided The lowerend of the block 55 is bifurcated and within the bifurcated portion is agate 56, pivoted at 57 and-held in normal closed position by a flatspring 58." The result of this'construction is thatythe seeds will becarried one 7 at a time through the discharge opening bythe cells o -thefeed wheel, but should two seeds becoiife wedged in, any cell from anycause, the gate will yield to permit the passage of the same without"breaking or cracking the seeds. The form of pivoted spring-pressed gateshown is more certain in its action over the formof the gate shown in myprior Patent No 982,089, in that it. will not get out of line nor becomewabbly and is also quicker in its action-than the 9 old form of spring.I

Having, thus described my invention, I

claim: I p

. 1. In a planting machine, a hopper, a revoluble seed wheel-in saidhopper, a carry{ ing wheel, concentric rows of teeth on said carryingwheel, a revoluble shaft extending from said carrying wheel to said hoper and geared to said seed wheel, a shiftab e pinion axis, of said feedshaft, a carrying wheel at 7 driving mechanism between said carrying.

driving said seed whee a carryin wheel journaled I row a see centricrows of teeth on sa 1n engagement with the teeth of a wheel and drivingrow. opener at the lower end of sai 'supported by said hopper for ingthe same in different positions of ad-. justment, a spring arranged toforce said shaft toward said wheel to hold said pinion said earlyingwheel, and means for throwing and holding said shaft laterally away fromsaid carrying. wheel to disengage said pinion and carrying wheel teeth.

' 2. In a planting machine, a hopper, afurrow opener at the lower end ofsaid hopper, a'revoluble seed wheel in said hopper, a feed shaftconnected to said seed wheel, a

pivoted to said hopper about the axis naled in the free end ofsaidframe, and awheel and'said feed shaft.

3. In a planting machine, row opener at the lower end a seed wheel insaid ho a hop er, a furof said ho per, per, a feed sha t for a framepivoted to said hopper about the axis of said feed shaft, at the freeend of said pivoted frame, concentric rows of teeth on said carryingwheel, an operating shaft-carried by said pivoted frame, a shiftablepinion on-said operating shaft adapted to engage withthe teeth of saidcarrying I gears between said operating shaft and feed shaft.

4. In a planting machine,

dpener at the lower end of said hopper,

.wheel insaid hopper, a feed shaft connected 1th said seed wheel, aframe pivotally connected to said hopper about the a hopper, a'furthefree end of said frame, a series of con id carrying wheel, 'an operatingshaft carried by said. frame, a shiftable pinion on said operatingshaft'for engagement with the teeth of said carrying whee means forholding said pinion in different positions of adjustment, means forthrowing said pinion out of engagement with the teeth of said whcel,'anddriviu gears between said operating shaft and feed 5. In aplantingmachine, a hopper, a furd hopper, affeed shaft driving saidpivoted to said hopseeding devices in said hopper,

feeding devices, a frame per about the axis of said feed shaft, a caratthe free end of driving ,rnechanism beylng wheel and. said feed ryingwheel journaled said'pivoted frame,

tween said can 'shaft, and adjustable means connected with ing devicesin said pivoted frame and hopper for raising and lowering said hopperand furrow opener.

6: In a planting machine, a hopper, seedsaid hopper, a frame connectedtending from said cam devices to the rear of my hand this 1 to one endof said hopper,

a bearing together with means for clamping the same to the other end ofsaid frame, a carrying wheel journaled on said bearing, a loose sleeveon the hub of said wheel, a spring and spring cap arranged about saidbearingon=the-op posite side of .said wheel, a drivingfshaft journaledin said sleeve, a driving connection between said shaft and said -wheel,means for connecting said'shaft with said seeding devices, and acam-arranged between said sleeve and wheel for throwing said shaft outof driving relation with said wheel. a

7. In a plantin machine, a hopper, a furrow opener at t. 1e lower end ofsaid hopper, twowheels arranged at the front andrear respectively ofsaid hopper by which aid hopper and furrow opener are supported, thefront supporting wheel having a series of concentric rows of teeth,seeding devices in saidhopper, a longitudinally ar-. ranged shaftextending from said front carrying wheel to said "seeding devices, aslidable pinion mounted on said shaft adapted to be enga ed by the teethof said front sup porting w eel, means'for holding said pinion indifferent positions of adjustment on said shaft, cam devices for movingsaid shaft. away from said wheel to disengage said pinion and teeth, andan operating rod ex the machine.

8. In-a planting machine, a hopper, a furrow opener at. the lower end ofsaid hopper, front and rear supporting wheels for said hopper, seedingdevices carried by said hopper including a transversely arranged feedshaft, a frame pivoted to said hopper about the axis of said shaft, thefront carrying wheel being journaled at the forward end of said frame,adjustable means for' holding said hopper and furrow opener in differentpositions r'ying wheels, a of teeth on the with respect to saidcarseries of concentr c rows front carrying wheel, a

longitudinally arranged operating shaft carried by said pivotedframe-,-abeveled gear on said feed shaft and a beveled pinion on said"operating shaft in driving relation with each other, a shiftable pinionon the squared portion of said operating shaft together with means forholding the same in driving relation with any one of said rows of teeth,and cam devices for separating said operating shaft and toothedsupporting wheel to disengage said pinion from the teeth of said wheel,I r In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 1th day of April .1913.CHARLES E. PATRIC, Witnesses: v

CHAS. I. WELCH, Esrnnn E. Irnrrna.

